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" I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself. "
Mary Steenburgen
Myself
Life
Human
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" Reading is how I became an actor because I didn't grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater. I also grew up in a house full of teachers, so reading was big in our world. "
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" Every child in America fantasizes about running wild in the White House for a few minutes. "
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" If you want to grow up and do what I do for a living - be an actress - my advice to you is read as much as you can. "
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" I'm a late bloomer. "
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" There's a style to doing period pieces, and you can't do a Western without understanding 'My Darling Clementine.' "
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" Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that. "
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" I've chosen all my films very carefully. I know that I've had better parts in some films than in others. But the films I do are the ones I want to see when I read the screenplays. I guess you can basically say that I've just done things I loved when I read them. "
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" I know that's why I became an actress. In my dream world, I could get mad and scream and yell, and if somebody died, they got up again. In real life, I didn't dare try it. "
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" I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role. "
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" Acting was far from my world. I rarely saw a play. I never met a real actress; they seemed unreal. "
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Real
World
" If you're not growing, you're dying, and I'm not ready for that. "
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" I like being part of a team. "
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" Wii on Nintendo is amazing. "
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Nintendo
Amazing
" I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible. "
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Best
Weird
Test
" I think the secret to what Jim Henson did, ultimately, is that he understood how to cut through to the... I know this sounds corny... but the child inside of you. "
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Child
You
Think
" I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen. "
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Anything
Imagine
" Anytime I had a date, it was at the Sadie Hawkins Day dance. "
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Date
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" I remember when I was growing up and watching southern people depicted on television, I thought, 'Well, based on what I'm seeing, I guess I'm supposed to be stupid and racist.' It's still, sadly, the easy route for a writer to go. "
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People
Thought
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" Essential oils are extremely important to me. "
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Essential
Me
" I've never been able to write a movie script. I respect that skill so much, but it's not been the way my brain works. "
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Brain
Never
Respect
" I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old. "
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First
Old
" I don't know how I could plan my career. "
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How
Career
Could
" As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too. "
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Looking
Say
" I'm a chameleon when it comes to languages. "
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Languages
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" I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom. "
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Time
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" There's no strategy involved in my career decisions. I do whatever roles make my heart beat faster. "
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Heart
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" I'm a very musical person. "
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" I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live. "
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" I actually believed if I behaved myself and if I made straight A's and if I was good enough, I could save my dad's life. And every single time he had a heart attack, I knew what I had done that caused it. "
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Life
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